The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to forget about contesting for the Presidency in 2019.

The President of the Forum, Yerima Shettima, who made this disclosure, said: “Never! Any attempt for Buhari to run in the next poll would be resisted.”

They therefore, urged the President to abandon his right to contest the 2019 Presidential election.

“Honestly, the situation is nothing to write home about, and we cannot continue hoping that anything will happen from now until the next one year.

“We cannot continue to imagine that. That would assume we are living in imagination, and the truth of the matter is that from now until January, what the government has been able to do is what they can do for this tenure, and I do not think that Nigerians are prepared to be fooled for the second time.”

Speaking further he said: “Everything they promised during the campaign and in their manifesto; the reason why everybody sought for change, was that we thought this government will fight corruption tooth and nail, without considering whosoever is involved.

“But we have now realized that the fight against corruption has become selective. Then two, the issue of insurgency, leave it or take it, to us as laymen, this battle is not over. We cannot or the government cannot justify the fact that we told Nigerians that the fight against insurgency is over.

“Almost everyday we have had casualties. These are the two core issues. The third one on the campaign, was the issue of power. This is nothing to write home about, even though the Minister of Power told us that a responsible government should be able to fix power within six months. That has not been achieved more than two and a half years after.

“Now it is nothing to write home about; the same thing with roads. Even the issue of petrol pump price is another one. We were told during the campaign that immediately they resume office, fuel price would go down to N40 per liter from N97 per litre. Now, a government that promised this, rather than keep to their promise raised the price astronomically. Now, it is between 70 and 80 percent increase.

“That is giving us a lot of concern. Certainly, whether you like it or not, the government must take responsibility and I have no doubt in my mind that between them and God who created them, they know they have failed Nigerians. And when people take responsibility, then we will begin to forgive ourselves. If they beg for forgiveness we can decide to overlook it and also forge ahead. But certainly, never again will anybody make this mistake. Never!!”